Just in time for the 34th International Viola Congress (June 7-11, 2006) in Montreal, an all-Brahms, all-viola CD. An instrument too often misunderstood, even disliked, the viola takes its rightful place here in the hands of Steven Dann, one of the country’s best chamber musicians. Alongside the viola, there is the “astonishingly beautiful voice” of Susan Platts, with her “powerful and sharp register, flowing like honey toward the rich depths of a contralto.” (Washington Post) On the piano, the excellent Lambert Orkis, who often plays with Arleen Augér, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Anner Bylsma, Jaap Schroeder, etc.